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Buckskin PurseE20810-0

FROM CARD: "PEOPLE: TLINGIT*. REMARKS: *ORIGINAL SWAN TAG ON ARTIFACT STATES: "NO. 55 1 BUCKSKIN POUCH EMBROIDERED WITH SILK, STIKINE INDIANS, FORT WRANGEL, ALASKA"."Embroidered with floral design.

Culture
Tlingit and Stikine
Made in
Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Woman On Snow-ShoesE56438-0

FROM CARD: "$2.50. WOMAN-21-1/2" H. 4-3/4" W. 3" DIA. SHOES.-7"1.1-3/4" W. 3/4" DIA." FROM SWAN'S HANDWRITTEN LIST IN ACCESSION RECORD: "FROM CHILCAT INDIANS. COOKS INLET ALASKA." THIS LISTING IS A BIT CONFUSING SINCE COOK INLET IS MORE TYPICALLY AN ATHAPASKAN OR ALUTIIQ (PACIFIC YUP'IK) AREA RATHER THAN A TLINGIT AREA? - F. PICKERING 11-3-2008

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Pair Of Leggings Trimmed With PuffinE88723B-0
Indian Grass MattingE54118-0
Seal Spear-HeadE74175-0
Child's DishE20858-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 40, FIG. 207; P. 316. 1/6/67: THE BOWL ILLUS. (ABOVE) IS NOT THE SAME AS USNM #20858. BASICALLY IT IS KWAKIUTL IN APPEARANCE (DRUCKER, BAE, 1955, P. 72), BUT HAS TWO IDENTIFICATIONS HAND WRITTEN ON THE INSIDE AND UNDERSIDE: 1-STIKINE INDIANS, FT. WRANGEL, ALASKA; 2 - NO. 77, HAIDA INDIAN, KLEMMAKOON VILLAGE [i.e. Klinkwan], PRINCE OF WALES ID. GP. THE ILLUS. SPECIMEN RETAINS CAT. #20858, THE CONFLICTING SPECIMEN IS CATALOGED #20858-A. LOAN TO 1876 CENTENNIAL COMM. 4/20/76. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."Listed on page 45 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)". Listed under incorrect number, 28858.

Culture
Tlingit and Stikine
Made in
Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Rag Carpet Or RugE23426-0
Carved Food-Dish, SealE88849-0
Mask, Whistling DemonE74752-0

Notes from Glen Wood, Tsimshian artist, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 8/14/1983: "Bella Coola - determined from shape of the mouth, the cheek area, and the eye socket."

Culture
Haida ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Dinner Dish, OrnamentedE20558-0

FROM CARD: "LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."FROM CARD: "20558 FROM PAGE 72, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG; RENWICK GALLERY: SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME. 63. BENT BOWL WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; KERFED. PEGGED AND NAILED LENGTH: 12 1/2 BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. "DINNER DISH," COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. CATALOGED JANUARY 15, 1876. 20,558."

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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